Mile 182: The Road to L.A. ’84, pt. 8 -- The First Women’s Olympic Marathon Trials

Welcome to part 8 of The Road to L.A. '84, our multi-episode retrospective on the 40th anniversary of a seminal moment in a golden era of marathoning. We're telling the behind-the-scenes account of the athletes, the training, and the build-up races. This week we rewind to the 1984 U.S. Women's Olympic Marathon Trials in Olympia, Washington -- the precursor to the first ever Women's Olympic Marathon, and a race teeming with intrigue as the world's fastest marathoner faced a career-threatening injury. 40 years later, here's the story of The First Women's Olympic Marathon Trials...